Clothesline



Jan. 15 1924. 1,481,077

- J.ADAMS CLOTHESL-INE Filed sept. 20. 1922 Patented .1 an. 15, 1924.

. I -TED.

JOHN ADAMS, or NEW'YORK, NfY.

I GLOTHZESLINE.

Application filed September 20, 1922; Serial No. 589,292.

county of New York and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clotheslines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes-lines, having more particular reference to an endless line adapted to have articles to be dried attached thereto throughout its entire length.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel two-reach line of the above type, and more particularly to provide an improved outer pulley to receive the line.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a plan view of my improved clothes-line.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the outer pulley.

Referring now to the drawings, my improved clothes-line comprises a suitable rope 10 stretched over a pair of pulleys one of which is secured to the wall 11 of a dwelling adjacent a window, and which I term the inner pulley; the other, which I term the outer pulley, being mounted on a post 12 or any suitable part.

The inner pulley 13 is of the ordinary grooved type and is carried in a suitable bracket 14 having offsets 1 1 embracing the sides thereof to hold the rope 10 against slipping downward oil the pulley.

The outer pulley is indicated generally by the reference numeral 20 and is of generally double frusto-conical form, forming a diminished waist portion and enlarged ends. Each frusto-conical section of the pulley is in the form of a series of thin radial ribs 21 between which are left recesses 22, the ribs of the respective sections being staggered with relation to one another, each rib on one section registering longitudinally with a recess on the other section. At the bottom of the pulley is a horizontal flange 24 which projects outwardly beyond the ribs 21.

With the pulley construction. above set forth the rope 10 is held at the waist of the pulley against sagging movement, while at the same time the clothes pins 25 cannot pull the line outwardly when they pass around the pulley since a pin which happens to engage a rib 21 on one section will lie flat thereagainst with the portion of the pin projecting across the other section accommodated in the adjacent recess 22 in the said other section.

The pulley 20 is preferably mounted with its axis at an angle of fifteen degrees to the vertical the ulley axis inclining downwardly away rom the inner pulley 13. The

pulley 20 is here shown as rotatable on a rod 27 extending from a bracket 28 fixed to the post 12 or other support.

To enable the pulley 20 to be cleaned, prior to hanging clothes on the line, the pulley may be mounted on a rod 27 hinged to a bracket arm 28 and held against downward movement from the inclined position above set forth by the rod engaging a hooked finger 30 on said arm. The upper ends of the ribs are in the form of prongs 31 which project across said bracket 28 when the pulley swings upward. A coiled tension spring 32 urges the pulley upward, the pull of the clothes-line 10 holding it in normal position.

The bracket 1 1 which carries the inner pulley 13 has attached thereto a smaller pulley 34 around which a rope 35 is looped. This rope has rings 36, 36' on its opposite ends one of which is engaged with a hook 17 on the wall 11, while the other normally engages the inner one of a pair of hooks 37 formed on a bar 38 projecting from the wall 11.

When the pulley 20 is to be cleaned the ring 36 is moved to the outer hook 37, thus slackening the clothes-line 10 and allowing the pulley 20 to swing upward under the influence of spring 32 until it looks by reason of its prongs 31 projecting across the bracket 28. A suitable cleaningcloth may be attached to the clothes-line and passed around the pulley 20 to clean the same.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows 1. In a clothesline, an outer pulley, means mounting said pulley for rotation and for bodily adjustment, means for locking said pulley against rotation when adjusted bodily to one position, and a rope for supporting clothes passed around said pulley and.

adapted to move the latter bodily from one position to another.

2. In a clothesline, an outer pulley, means mounting said pulley for rotation and for bodily adjustment, means for locking said pulley against rotation when adjusted bodily to one position, and a rope for supporting clothes passed around said pulley and adapted to move the latter bodily from one position to another, and a spring for moving said pulley oppositely to said rope.

3. In a clothes-line an outer pulley, a

pivoted rod on which said pulley is mounted, a support for said rod, elements on said pulley adapted to engage said support to lock 15 means for slackening said rope.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

' JOHN ADAMS. 

